more brave than me
more blond than you
e e cummings
On Yourself or Someone Like You, Matchbox Twenty's ability to craft sturdy, mainstream rock was overshadowed by their reliance on loud guitars, colorless production, and bombastic vocalizing.
April 26, 1977: New York's legendary disco, Studio 54, opened for business.
First opened in 1977 by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, Studio 54 was an iconic disco club known for its exclusivity, famous clientele, and attitude towards open club drug use.
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| Mariah Carey |
"Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith is about a girl who shoots her father because he is sexually abusing her.
The best example of The Vapors’ sound, and their solitary hit, came with Turning Japanese.
October 5, 1991: Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch took over at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart with "Good Vibrations."
Marky Mark is Mark Wahlberg, who has acted in the movies Boogie Nights, Three Kings, and Planet Of The Apes.
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| Mark Wahlberg |
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| Elvis Presley |
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| Divine |
Rap’s underground/mainstream schism dates to the moment Puff Daddy’s performative act of mourning took over the Hot 100 and became, quite possibly, the biggest rap hit in history to that point.
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| Puff Daddy |
“Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” is a song about walking a tightrope, but it’s more between having a grand time and losing yourself in the gutter.
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| Rufus Wainwright |
"People" was one of the first songs written for the musical score of Funny Girl.
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| Barbra Streisand |
"Where Do You Go" was written by Peter Bischof and Franz Reuther. It was first recorded by German Eurodance band La Bouche in 1995 as an album-only song from their Sweet Dreams album.
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| No Mercy |
